To my pleasant surprise a quick sketch (abused with the smudge tool) has been fairly popular on tumblr (which is where I'd most likely post fanart) so I thought people here might like it too.

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For those with some reading still to do, Thorin Oakenshield has both a brother and a sister; his brother Frerin died at a young age at the Battle of Azanulbizar, but his sister Dís features as the mother of Fíli and Kíli (and she wasn’t at all happy about Thorin taking her sons off dragon hunting.)

In light of Thorin’s movie magnificence and his cutie nephews (this is according to tumblr, may as well not argue ), I got to wondering how much of a hottie dwarf Dís must be; their mother needs a little credit right? xD

Not that the picture in my head translated at all. Welp, I don’t draw humanoids enough.Having said that though, no reference wahey!

She is indeed majestic O_O Beautifully done! This certainly fits my idea of Dis, you really made her look like Thorins sibling, one of Durins bloodline, and oh that gorgeous hair... I wouldn't say that I'm normally attracted to ladies with beards, but I certainly am now I love it!

I think you did an amazing job with this. (Sometime the quick work is the best.) When I always imagine Dis, I just sort of saw her as a generic, pudgy dwarf woman. But then, I wanted an image to look at while I wrote her into my fanfic so I typed her name into the search and saw this picture, I was like - Yes. This is Dis as she ought to be. She looks exactly like Thorin's sister and like the mother of Fili and Kili. I'm impressed. And she manages to be beautiful with the beard. I think this is amazing and I'm totally using this as my inspiration for her character - thank you! (You should do a drawing of Frerin.)

Beard or not, she's a gorgeous woman ! Her delicate features and her lips still make her look very feminine. I love this portrait, I wish there was more Dís fanart out there ! You're absolutely right, the mother of the two cuties Fíli and Kíli and sister of Majestic Thorin needs a little credit. (And I'm incredibly jealous of their awesome hair.)

Dwarf women have always had beards, there are passages in several of Tolkien's books that allude to this being the case. But I'm gathering that most people have previously chosen to ignore this due to aesthetic reasons.

I First Saw this on Tumblr I thought someone had just genderbent Thorin, but then I found out it was Dis and I was like "This is so perfect! She absolutly looks like Thorin's sister." so naturally I had to come over here and favorite it. Fantastic job!